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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 290

Blessed Be the Lady: Bretonnian Designer’s Notes

February 2004·pp. 28–33

THE SHORT VERSION

Anthony Reynolds explains the darker visual direction of the new Bretonnian army and the design process that established it. He describes replacing a shooting-only blessing with a broader ward save and simplifying the triangular lance into ranks of three. Changes to virtues, knightly orders and peasant leadership aim to preserve chivalric character while allowing more varied armies. Pegasus Knights and the Trebuchet add useful support without replacing the mounted charge at the army’s centre.

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